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September 5, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Verio Inc. (verio.com), a subsidiary of
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NTT Communications Corp. (ntt.com) and a leading provider of global IP services, announced that its
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Virtual Private Server, based on the Sun’s Solaris
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Operating Environment, will accept interactive Web
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sites and other Web-based business applications driven
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by Sun Chili!Soft ASP.
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Sun Chili!Soft ASP allows Web developers to build and
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deploy dynamic Internet applications, using active
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server pages, across many different computing
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platforms. Verio is one of the world’s largest
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Web-hosting companies and the only company to offer
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the Solaris OE-based VPS.
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Previously, ASP technology was deployed exclusively on
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Windows-based systems. With Sun, Verio’s customers can
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develop active server page applications for the
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Solaris O E, providing them the scalability and
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reliability of the Solaris platform and the
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flexibility of ASP.
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ASP makes it much quicker and easier to create
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interactive Web sites, and allows users to easily
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maintain and update their Web pages. It has become a
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powerful model for connecting databases to the Web and
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it combines scripting, HTML, custom-server components
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and database publishing.
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Further, with ASP, the design elements of a Web page
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can be separated from the details of programming
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access to databases and applications. This benefit
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increases productivity by freeing programmers to write
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code and allowing designers the time to concentrate
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solely on the creative aspect of the Web site.
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“Only Verio has the ability to run dedicated Chili!
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Soft ASPs in a unique shared-hardware environment,”
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said Laura Zung, vice president of product management
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for Verio. “This gives customers the freedom and
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flexibility of ASP, the power of the Sun Solaris
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platform, and the affordability of a VPS.”
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Chili!Soft targets business customers that outgrow
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their initial Internet server structures and seek to
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change and expand their platform choices. It also
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serves Internet service providers who host Web sites
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and applications built using ASPs. These customers
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favor Chili!Soft because it supports ASP applications
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that operate on multiple Web servers and operating
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systems.
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“The ASP community has grown to include nearly a
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million Web developers,” said John Shell, senior
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product manager at Sun. “Verio’s innovative
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implementation provides these developers with a
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secure, private, and scalable hosting environment.”
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Verio VPS offers the functionality of a dedicated
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server at a price comparable to most shared-server
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environments. Using the Solaris Operating Environment,
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Verio VPS combines its advantages with the stability
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and high-performance levels of Solaris to deliver an
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affordable solution.
